- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
400 first choices, 179 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1678.3
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,541
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Secondary schools in Kent
All 206 secondary schools in Kent. Narrow them down, then shortlist up to four to compare.
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
290 first choices, 255 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1670.8
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,670
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
- Ofsted:Outstanding in every area
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
267 first choices, 214 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1669.2
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,553
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Ofsted:Strong standard or better
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
428 first choices, 178 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1677.3
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,257
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
232 first choices, 160 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1672.7
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,149
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
353 first choices, 180 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1677.0
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,150
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.0
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
132 first choices, 133 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1662.7
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,254
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
569 first choices, 179 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1678.9
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,576
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
190 first choices, 147 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1665.2
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,005
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9UJ · State · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
228 first choices, 174 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1672.5
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,123
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Faith school
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
143 first choices, 88 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1668.3
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 958
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
- Ofsted:Good or better
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
194 first choices, 145 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1669.4
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,226
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9XB · State · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
297 first choices, 300 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1664.5
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,875
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
- Ofsted:Good or better
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
254 first choices, 209 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1667.9
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,495
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.0
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
238 first choices, 210 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1662.2
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,398
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.0
- Ofsted:Expected standard or better
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
138 first choices, 123 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1662.7
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 938
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
- Ofsted:Outstanding
- Church of England
- Has a sixth form
Results above the Kent average, low absence.
384 first choices, 293 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1653.4
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,913
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
- Ofsted:Good or better
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
183 first choices, 157 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1663.1
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 960
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
- Ofsted:Good
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
235 first choices, 205 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1667.0
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,443
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
- Ofsted:Good
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
145 first choices, 125 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1666.1
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 995
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
- Ofsted:Good
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
199 first choices, 166 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1666.0
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,258
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
- Ofsted:Good
- Boys
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
163 first choices, 160 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1666.1
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,100
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
- Ofsted:Good
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
220 first choices, 180 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1665.7
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,156
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
- Ofsted:Good
- Girls
- Grammar
- Has a sixth form
Results well above the Kent average, low absence.
193 first choices, 180 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1665.3
Kent 47.0England 46.2
- Days missed
- Pupils
- 1,154
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
- Secondary schools206including 67 special
- Attainment 8 at 1647.0England 46.2
- Good or Outstanding97%of graded schools ·
- Faith schools35 of 2066 Catholic, 13 Church of England
- With a nursery class18take children from 2 or 3
- Free school meals25.1%of pupils get them
The big picture
How Kent's secondary schools spread out
Each dot is one school. Hover over a dot to see which school it is.
Attainment 8 at 16
Average score across each pupil's best eight GCSEs.
Days missed
Share of school sessions pupils missed, for any reason. Lower is better.
Ofsted grades in Kent
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded. 144 newer or converted schools don't have a grade yet.
- Outstanding: 10 of 62
- Good: 50 of 62
- Requires improvement: 2 of 62
- Inadequate: 0 of 62
Before you apply
Four things worth knowing in Kent
Some are faith schools.
35 of the 206 secondary schools in Kent have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.
Show schools with no religious characterApply by 31 October.
Apply to your council in Year 6 for a Year 7 place. Offers come out on 1 March.
Check how old the Ofsted grade is.
Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.
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About these schools
Secondary schools in Kent, explained
There are 206 secondary schools in Kent, teaching 135,625 children. 17 are run by the council and 92 are academies or free schools. Among them are 67 special and 70 independent schools.
97% of the mainstream state schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 10 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
Pupils in Kent scored an average Attainment 8 of 47.0 across their best eight GCSEs, against 46.2 across England.
25.1% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £8,785 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 24.8% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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- Maidstone17 secondary schools
- Canterbury15 secondary schools
- Margate9 secondary schools
- Ashford8 secondary schools
- Dartford8 secondary schools
- Folkestone8 secondary schools
- Royal Tunbridge Wells8 secondary schools
- Sittingbourne8 secondary schools
- Tonbridge8 secondary schools
- Gravesend7 secondary schools
- Sevenoaks7 secondary schools
- Dover6 secondary schools
- Ramsgate6 secondary schools
- Broadstairs5 secondary schools
- Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley3 secondary schools
- Northfleet3 secondary schools
- Deal2 secondary schools
- Faversham2 secondary schools
- Hildenborough2 secondary schools
- Larkfield2 secondary schools
- Loose2 secondary schools
- Sandwich2 secondary schools
- Swanley2 secondary schools
- Tenterden2 secondary schools
- Whitstable2 secondary schools
- Minster1 school
- Sheerness1 school
- Snodland1 school
- Southborough1 school
- Swanscombe1 school
- West Malling1 school
Other schools in Kent
- Primary schools551 schools
- Nurseries604 schools
- Sixth forms142 schools
- Grammar schools32 schools
- Private schools94 schools
- Special schools88 schools
- Boarding schools29 schools
- Faith schools238 schools
- Catholic schools32 schools
- Church of England schools181 schools
- Girls' schools17 schools
- Boys' schools19 schools
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Questions
Questions parents ask
How many secondary schools are in Kent?
There are 206 secondary schools in Kent, including state-funded, academies, and independent schools.
What are the best secondary schools in Kent?
The highest-ranked secondary schools in Kent on Eduscope are The Judd School, Invicta Grammar School and Highworth Grammar School. We rank each state school against schools of the same phase across England on its Ofsted inspection, results and attendance.
How many Ofsted Outstanding secondary schools are in Kent?
Kent has 10 secondary schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted. A further 50 are rated Good, meaning 97% of inspected schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating.
How are secondary schools in Kent ranked on Eduscope?
Each state school gets a rank score out of 100. We place each measure as a percentile among state schools of the same phase across England, then weight them. Primary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 30%, pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 30%, pupils reaching the higher standard 10%, persistent absence (lower is better) 20%, average reading and maths scores 10%. Secondary schools: latest Ofsted inspection 25%, Attainment 8 25%, grade 5 or above in English and maths 15%, persistent absence (lower is better) 15%, pupils staying in education or work after GCSEs 10%, A level average points (sixth forms only) 10%. Results are averaged over up to three years, and an Ofsted grade older than five years counts for less. A school needs data for at least 60% of the weights. Special schools, pupil referral units, nurseries, independent schools and 16 to 19 schools aren't ranked, and are listed by Ofsted grade and name. Our methodology page explains more.
What is the average class size in Kent secondary schools?
The average pupil-teacher ratio across secondary schools in Kent is 17:1. While this is not a direct measure of class size, it indicates the level of teaching resource available per pupil.
How do I choose a secondary school in Kent?
When choosing a secondary school in Kent, consider Ofsted ratings, GCSE results (Progress 8 and Attainment 8), sixth form provision, and the school's specialisms. You can compare all 206 secondary schools on Eduscope using filters for school type, gender, and admissions policy.
Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.